In light of the literature reviewed, we posited three hypotheses:In comparison with the period before the pandemic, older adults feel older in age during the pandemic.
Feelings of loneliness are associated with subjective age during times of crisis.
Feelings of loneliness are indirectly associated with subjective age during crises through depressive symptoms and malnutrition; lonely older adults feel older during crises, and this is associated with higher levels of depressive symptoms and malnutrition.